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Steve Hill: Hilly’s Away Days – Caught in the twilight zone
96, 93, 95, 94, 97, 94, 97. Not next week’s lottery numbers but a selection of this season’s goal times involving my team, Chester.
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/ 2 weeks agoMatt Badcock: The numbers don’t add up
Promotion can be career altering for clubs and players. Currently the numbers don’t add up. They didn’t nine years ago either. It’s time they did.
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/ 2 weeks agoMark Harris: We must all find solution to abuse
“You f*****g s**g” – is it really acceptable to shout that at another human being at a football match? It’s an important question because that’s what a female referee was called last Saturday during a...
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/ 2 weeks agoMark Carruthers: Can Marc Nash restore Blyth Spartans’ lost aura?
There is something about Blyth Spartans’ famous old Croft Park home that can satisfy the needs of any football romantic.
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/ 3 weeks agoTony Incenzo: Solihull Moors have body & soul
I’m pleased to see my old friend Dave Boddy back in football administration as CEO at Solihull Moors.
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/ 4 weeks agoDiary of a Ground Hopper: Tavistock AFC 1-0 Bashley
No matter how far I travel to tick off Tavistock AFC in deepest Devon today, it is nowhere near as far as Truro City fans have to go to see their team play at Gateshead!
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/ 4 weeks agoFA Trophy Factfile: Progressions awaits three lucky Step 3 clubs
The 48 National League North and South clubs join the 32 Trident League teams to have progressed through to the FA Trophy second round this weekend.
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/ 4 weeks agoFootball Supporters Association: A perfect platform to hear fans’ call
The international break always provides an opportunity for a little more focus to be given to the leagues below the upper echelons of the game, with people in need of their football fix in the...
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/ 4 weeks agoMark Carruthers: Why attitude, not ability, makes or breaks young players in Non-League
It always feels like a major step when a Premier League or EFL youngster is handed their first opportunity in senior football with a loan move into the Non-League game.
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/ 1 month agoGregor Robertson: A flip side to raising the bar
You wonder what the fella interviewing Bracknell Town’s manager, Matt Saunders, would have said if you told him that footage of the answer to that anodyne question would be watched more than 8 million times...
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/ 1 month agoTony Incenzo: Steven Gerrard’s staple diet of success
Stapleford Town have returned home to initiate their £8 million new facilities this season – in collaboration with former England star Steven Gerrard.
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/ 1 month agoMark Carruthers: Why the FA Cup first round weekend sends a shiver through the EFL
It’s hard not to be enthused, excited and enthralled by FA Cup first round weekend and all of the magic that comes with it.
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/ 2 months agoFA Trophy Factfile – First Round preview
The FA Trophy first round kicks off on Friday night with a local derby in the north-east between Dunston and Hebburn Town in one of three ties where the winner will set a new club...
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/ 2 months agoMark Harris: A field of streams! ClubberTV live-streaming debuts at Steps 3 & 4
Live-streamed match coverage debuted at steps three and four of the non-league pyramid as Mark Harris praises its introduction.
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/ 2 months agoTony Incenzo: FCV Grace Dieu on course for new heights
Driving through the imposing entry gates of Grace Dieu Manor Park, it’s immediately obvious that Step 6 newcomers FCV Grace Dieu have added something a little different to the National League System this season.
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/ 2 months agoFA Vase Factfile: Debutant clubs are preparing for battle
FA Vase Factfile provides us with all of the facts and figures ahead of next weekend's FA Vase first round.
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/ 2 months agoMark Carruthers: The unsung volunteers keeping Non-League alive through wind and rain
I can’t have been the only one that has noticed a change in the temperature over the last ten days as the last knockings of summer departed and autumn settled in.
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/ 2 months agoFA Cup Factfile: Whitstable Town are out to make history
As the National League clubs enter this season’s FA Cup for the first time, there are three other clubs involved in this fourth qualifying round who have already won through five rounds.
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/ 2 months agoFrancis Duku: Game must make safety progress
The death of Billy Vigar is a tragedy which has shocked football to its core and I send my condolences to his family.
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/ 2 months agoMark Carruthers: Robert Briggs bows out as a true South Shields legend
I’ve seen many legends come and go during my 13 years covering the North East non-league scene – and South Shields stalwart Robert Briggs can take his place amongst the very best of them.
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/ 2 months agoChris Dunlavy: Carlisle United boss Mark Hughes had a reality check
Mark Hughes cut a remarkably philosophical figure in the aftermath of Carlisle United’s humiliating 5-0 defeat to York City on Tuesday night.
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/ 2 months agoFA Trophy Factfile: Grays Athletic are the last ones standing
Step 3 clubs enter the Isuzu FA Trophy at this third qualifying round stage, alongside the 40 clubs to progress from the previous round.
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/ 2 months agoTony Incenzo: Shirehampton in proud Penpole parade
Shirehampton are relishing the first full season back on their traditional Penpole Lane HQ after groundsharing three miles away at Bristol Manor Farm to gain promotion into the National League System in 2021/22.
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/ 2 months agoMark Carruthers: Why Non-League football deserves more respect
It would be pretty safe for me to assume you are a lover of Non-League football if you are reading my weekly musings - and as such are well-positioned to comment on the changing state...
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/ 3 months agoSimon Grayson: Son, you’ll be a marked man
Simon Grayson has warned son Joe that he won’t get a kick when Hartlepool face Gateshead on Tuesday night!
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